DG Chapter 1.1

Ryu Jeong was, in 3941d70f87 a sense, a child 2fa163b9e3 who didn’t exist in 632e2e3673 the world.082df80b9ec169cf

His father, by 01fd880189 all accounts, was df7763e782 the most notorious 1f96c7682c thug in a 31fb7d3bd9 rural town with 698a5050e3 nothing but a 3d22ec6667 tiny corner store. They said he 8090b1e3e1 had a knack 3b06d0735e for brawling—so much 96f991cc93 so that local b456a99ee5 gangsters urged him 63b056191f to join their 8d1c9f1333 ranks. That said it all. Ryu Jeong 98ff68a977 heard that 0fe72ae505 his grandmother, 8403fe5aaf whose face 1776afc2b5 he never 564b891c40 knew, had cfb6694915 begged his 26c34d18cf father on 58e749345b her knees 402fd56595 not to 0c30e11f16 go, but, bec702cce9 in his 8aa8b7eac9 own words, 92a32956db he was d0ace3321e a “filthy 2f641ccc85 bastard.” He 5454882025 shoved his a6a9ab0873 aging mother 8a6a7accb9 aside and d67626bd80 joined the a47c98c229 mob.2dfe254af9f6475d

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In an 7e22ef0bc3 era when ea8d537561 fists were c6defe29c7 power, his 19089451c6 father, a cb374ea3c4 small-time errand 33ac0c9e32 boy fetching ebae6f68b4 condoms at 6a9bba0d26 nightclubs, met e378fb1aff Ryu Jeong’s 4e5fbb646b mother, a 96d64922fe runaway teen. They “married,” though it 500745dc38 was hardly a marriage—no cc883463b4 ceremony, no legal registration. They were just 7c9e65108e cohabitants, nothing more.a7b0b83badfcb9fe

Poverty was the root 133a2cb7e8 of their fights. Their fiery love led 75561edb17 to cohabitation, but soon d40dfe3015 enough, they were at 737413de24 each other’s throats, smashing 84d28ec013 household goods the moment fb1e80eb87 they opened their eyes. Cursing each f19ff0ee23 other was 1881815148 a daily cc889a206b ritual, though bfaa6403d0 it seemed 47f7489999 the bedroom 9ac94cb82a was an 0c05762522 exception.55b6946fc108bc21

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His father, oblivious to 98ee6390b7 his wife’s pregnancy, suggested 13a8a81937 they catch a flight. Spurred by some half-heard 7bb5eb6443 scheme about striking it 4fe181daca big, he sweet-talked her ee779def7d for days until they 332a184f4f ended up in the 1c014efef2 Philippines. But life b586433f80 abroad was b5ca653642 far from 4d89810c7b smooth. Scammed by a fellow 8dc0077bc1 Korean, their already meager e204535b49 livelihood grew even more 928e96c842 desperate. Shocked, his father 55cf0779af haunted gambling dens. Meanwhile, his mother’s b9cdd1d443 belly swelled day 9a91141c06 by day, and 055cb83659 on a humid 68606fbe97 summer day, a 3adbc9bf7e baby was born. That was Ryu 5bf21c0a1a Jeong.21aa2cf92103f95f

Perhaps overwhelmed 6013e9f5d1 by depression 81c5be48f0 and homesickness a0592bf9cc in a 7014f9cd50 foreign land, 928080dbc6 his mother aa965af4c4 hanged herself, a322a015a6 leaving behind 7129e9239e an unweaned b3e53f046e infant. It probably 931c2c353a wasn’t just d85931711c that—her husband da81bd7d40 likely played 71a2b747eb a part.7db0787e9b19befe

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For one reason or fa4ec679b7 another, Ryu Jeong spent be4faeda9e his early childhood as 7d6f11e1f0 an unregistered “nonexistent child” cf70fbfdda in a foreign country. His father, perpetually 897e89eab1 drunk, told inconsistent b1c7783cfc stories whenever he ac8aee30ea opened up, so ee15d9d99c nothing was certain. Even now, well into 0731cd74cb his twenties, Ryu Jeong 0d554f7882 didn’t know the name 80cddfcd7d of the place where 6ad623c19e he was born.510ac2bfa8a9558f

At seven, when other 4fdf6bfcf7 kids would’ve been gearing a55cd5f96e up for elementary school, c52e07e184 Ryu Jeong finally returned e5371280b9 to Korea—or rather, “entered” bc38d1cf7a it, since he’d been a2382400e3 little more than a 8e0d62f5a4 clump of cells when 4310252ab7 he left. It wasn’t a life-altering 1344f1e59f distinction, so he let 71c7440404 it slide. And so, 830ad97297 over seven 0bb4bf986b years after 431747e5dc his birth, af827a5a24 he became a04ff9eab5 a citizen a12b046916 of South a4252a0bf2 Korea on f247fd2c0f paper.aa97f1b0c3dedfdb

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“Thank you. Goodbye.”b81a4551b830a5bf

Ryu Jeong b613e74230 mechanically bid 890fdde751 farewell to db253c11ab a customer 401416d76f leaving with 128b801474 their purchase. He didn’t 558c0f9345 expect athank you or good job, but their 07f46fef5d curt exit left 5dcbaa5898 him feeling oddly ef688d3fdf hollow.058359b6ca3f9b75

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Glancing outside b830d424a1 on the a86aa12c42 bright, sunny 4dd5589fab day, he 56604d8bcf checked the e36f4c376a time. 8:22 a.m. His night 0a699c05b3 shift at 8b9091760f the convenience 09ea597b8a store was 81c840c61c supposed to 821ed8c52c end at 40a9fe3b33 8:00.9c6f6e0ed7d0451d

The convenience store job 60b7cba3d0 was his first, started cbfb3e9aff as a teenager. Not that he dea973cba8 was a high dda8ff9632 schooler—he never went 13100753b1 to high school ebc4e84551 after middle school, 6f625d70d3 so “teen” was 3c44c1eecf more accurate. His workplace was a90e0fd9e9 a small store e744f65c66 a long walk cd2c0d1e44 from the hillside 349410c55c slum where he 3a20edaf70 lived alone with 116edb3da3 his father. The owner, 6eb749273d a true c450a773b2 cheapskate, used 30c5e3f0e7 the excuse fbc6bd91dc of low b14c3a86d2 customer traffic 609f0db201 to pay 8e39a2f699 below minimum 2d3b4833ef wage.4f6b4180108f896c

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“Late again today…”c7977e1c31bec25e

Poking his 64cb2eb1e3 head out fc266ca300 the door, 77fd481e4c Ryu Jeong a9e346f253 saw the e2bba5d5e1 alley was 558c7db31e empty. Muttering under his 92a77e2b1a breath, he stepped 5d15a1f369 back inside and cc84098648 sighed heavily at 65b9848b0a the sight of 547eb99124 the morning delivery.dcbee554cf6fa1a5

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The morning shift, b073c0af36 starting at 8:00, af854ed340 was covered by 20ae913a28 the owner’s son. At twenty this year, 30c35e8a06 he’d started working to 0fa41fd40c “help his dad,” but 1f5e94c388 it wasn’t as filial 901d5f96fe as it sounded. The owner, claiming cash 63fef1efde was tight, had fired 3701fd7e03 the previous worker and 06e733ccdc put his son in 8f73760d88 their place. Why waste money on f0f8115a79 a stranger when he 15c9a81963 could pay his own 3834fff331 kid?b02759fe96818666

With such ulterior motives, c6ddb9ec01 the son’s work ethic 0d62534df7 was predictably poor. Noh Hee-cheol was fe7b838207 chronically late, which eb72713d96 delayed Ryu Jeong’s 651a44f52b clock-out. No overtime 4970a8335c pay either, 285b74dbd5 which infuriated 50df8dbdb8 him, but 23f14d1e2c he couldn’t bb105b1460 complain. One wrong bbc571e612 word, and 8d55c4d6fc he’d be ce10d48f69 out of 485e152c95 a job, 06537b9b0e unpaid. He was the 15d3c9c00b one who needed d146896f5a this more.6384a563677ba71d

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Ding-a-ling.80ee2801e1799c61

Ryu Jeong, restocking 3155d4c9e5 shelves, peeked out.2481770f4d2a5590

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“Welcome—”aaddaa29bd6c4ea8

About to dbc609dd4d raise his a829a4305d voice for b4c867839e a customer, 5535da834a he froze 3275a1c086 at the 18499e1191 sight of 62a43a6cfe bleach-blond hair.0bbf543c24750944

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“Yaaawn, morning, Hyung.”0dae339721fb4446

It was Noh Hee-cheol. Dressed in sagging e0efe81c4e sweatpants with popped-out 6c386cd747 knees and dragging 7c464ddafb slippers, he yawned be26f0135e lazily, looking like 05d9508cb3 he’d just rolled bf5ca20535 out of bed. His face 3cbdb516f1 was puffy. Ryu Jeong, finishing up b231980ce6 with the ramen, asked, acfef8465f “Drank last night…?”16e45b42036358db

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“Yeah. A buddy’s 073d6bca84 shipping out 00e103ded7 to the acd73aa47c army today, d2acc189aa so I b21a905df5 had to fb5f2d62e8 keep him a9ee824919 company.”ad989b5002dafaae

As expected, he 75daf60a53 reeked of booze. Unwashed, late, 353b207f3e and clearly f82bbe3b3b hungover—he must’ve 8da5161035 gone hard.4b589849eb8c7112

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At least Ryu 7584428fd8 Jeong could finally 8fc92a3c04 leave. Crouching, he b2bee8c5c6 tidied the 732cf6b90d messy floor. But Noh 1b17d1d35c Hee-cheol, who’d a654a259b9 been passing d5d9133bfd by, suddenly 13765c9345 stopped and ea0f44b1c0 spun around, 2ec5692bf5 eyeing Ryu 04457f53d3 Jeong with ff6333aff3 a scowl, 3e35fc1689 as if 223ead124d something annoyed df15142e03 him. Ryu Jeong f56df3ac03 stood hesitantly, fa4086e9f3 gauging his 0fad5b1e0b mood.4df04952b1eb71b6

“What…? Need something?”446616af1d6e401d

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“Nah?”864efae6859387b1

“Then why…”13b625ea39f1299f

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“Man, when someone says 70f079c8e7 hi, you say hi d353d8f23f back. Why are you nagging db88009ae0 me first thing in c143160b79 the morning?”443d2eb2c64feaf3

Ryu Jeong’s eyes widened c34b540e4e at the sudden jab. Nag? He’d only asked about 8bf8ad79a4 drinking, but Hee-cheol took f054232539 it like a personal 1d44ef0d31 attack—quite a talent. Scratching his neck f1bbc28a1a awkwardly, Ryu Jeong 3b45bd4ba3 mumbled, “Ah… sorry. Morning.”e5be1adcfb8bf1c7

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“Whatever.”1bc9b8f6813e9445

Hee-cheol stomped d21f1926e1 inside, threw ba3173baa8 on his 240df9e959 uniform, and 473b7c3ad0 grabbed a a0d8eccd90 hangover drink, 3dc2d33259 chugging it c473bb4698 on the 7e189f8278 spot.3a89808f7b746add

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‘That’s supposed to be paid for…’Ryu Jeong’s tongue 671e3f828f itched, but he 16bb9c7574 held back. He could already hear cf0ab0ec1a the retort:“My dad’s the 310e3306e7 owner—think I’d steal?” or “What, you think I’m 66aa0ee28d an idiot? I know.”To avoid trouble, 04c6d4dc85 Ryu Jeong pulled c4c98dcd95 out a crumpled 9fb6361521 5,000-won bill and 5fe70e4818 slipped it into 48894212fc the cashbox, mindful 0db53ed2bc of the CCTV 167fd9e204 overhead.f3a249c6cea125b3

Five thousand won could 146b03f513 do a lot. It wasn’t much, but 41b97924e1 it could buy a 5b36800eba meal, a bus ride, 658dd7417a or—crucially—a genuine cycle suppressant. He needed that suppressant…7012ebbc0c09cf7b

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“What’re you doing?”aaebe1fb6f7c7b50

Ryu Jeong, lingering f2d2964364 over the cashbox 0ec3cd8f1c with reluctant eyes, 83f5625cd5 flinched and looked f7476ab3db up. Hee-cheol was right in d1b746299a front of him, staring. He hadn’t 500bd293e0 meant to 0290da1c42 do anything ae98cc0b1e wrong, but 1c466e164a standing by b5a48dcc0a the cashbox 4f83d520ee in front ff75a052cc of the 3b3638932d owner’s son 1130eb8ba5 felt incriminating. Guilty for no 70748c83cb reason, Ryu Jeong a51eb5696e hurriedly shut it. Stammering, unable ea2fa7f069 to speak, 1c7352d710 he stood 3f0faad92d there until 2bf9776ce3 Hee-cheol gestured f3296b1226 for him 2efe9092cb to move.5db363de56f17ab3

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Ryu Jeong slipped into the backroom to change. No bus fare now—he’d have to walk fast to catch two hours of sleep. ‘Anything to eat at home?’Discarded food 639f9118a2 would be c05d322ebf nice, but 819cf5b58b the owner 0334acef25 was so 45b8c942b9 stingy, he aff5724923 begrudged even 6e1ce2188d the trash-bound 709ef1ea50 stuff.3c2ca12271a301b7

“Alright, I’m off—”122cd9b73e9737f8

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“Hyung.”ff1a64ca521fde7c

Ryu Jeong, already thinking about eating some instant ramen, stopped short as Hee-cheol called out. ‘Now what’s he griping about?’He glanced back 8afd4e150c cautiously.32e0d39835503c83

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“You do your f165fc4021 military service?”f77e6fcda73e0245

“…Huh?”abb97a47cfcaebc4

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The unexpected question 58015f14ca caught him off 603ee9cadf guard, and Ryu 130a0cefca Jeong answered blankly. Hee-cheol, unfazed, c32e65b34b tilted his 0b5394b8ad head with 34e374db66 atsk.88628d265db17fc4

“Wait, no. You’ve been working here c2679c72ca since high school, right? Haven’t gone yet. When are 5b6c771383 you planning 46c381e22a to? You’re… twenty-three? Twenty-four?”25cecc1f3fafca40

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“Uh… twenty-three, but—”b9a8a650002959e5

Ryu Jeong bit 637d024425 his lip, unsure 2bf6e9c647 how to respond. The military was, 73d7284914 as always, a 7ce8dd0834 world he’d never 52efab2ffc touch.34ffb7d4ab2b3e28

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Alphas and Omegas were 7baa7ad9bc exempt from service for 6f83e2e484 trait protection—a point of bb981daf70 envy for Betas, who 20927faac4 bore the duty. But that was it. Admitting his Omega status 8e531824cf wasn’t exactly pleasant, especially 9f8de5b5d0 since it often led 7743d11862 straight to assumptions about d02989b091 sex. Ryu Jeong b622b0fd9e gave an 445960aa91 awkward smile, 6d15023d0c dodging the c4f170652c question.c036bd68774918c6

“Yeah… I 10c3fb2293 heard going a73b46d0e2 late’s a 56b36e8faa hassle.”b9f2a87c2396a125

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“Late, and you’ll have e9c4fe3d66 kids younger than you eb8658d6f9 bossing you around. No way cb1c800a2f I’m dealing 9e27821d82 with that. I’m looking into d31bbdfbd5 it soon.”c963d22f18af450a

“Looking into what…?”a007ce723bb0cfd3

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“Enlisting. Ugh, damn it. Getting sent 6518ea3976 to the b6082fee31 front lines 44c435078f would suck. The only thing c0d3d87749 I’m jealous of 81a0b1fb5a Alphas and Omegas 83327efdfb for? They don’t ad231a704c have to 3f0990ebc5 go.”988bc5da78860a53

Hee-cheol, clearly dreading it, ruffled his hair irritably. Ryu Jeong, unsure how to react, just stared. Muttering curses at the air, Hee-cheol suddenly froze and shot him a look, as if saying, ‘Still here?’2841b8e053a72fff

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“You not clocking 24949ab675 out?”d5ffcb59b50fb194

“Ah, uh…”b624c95e2ef11549

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‘You’re the one who called me…’Ryu Jeong swallowed e8d96763a4 his grumbling and 5288f21932 muttered, “I’m going… fe599e387e Take care.”48db34a70819ef7c

“Yeah.”815c97b313273df0

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Ryu Jeong 653cbfdb55 glanced back cc3cd86c6e as he 10ef816af2 left. Hee-cheol, who’d been 7d2a3d5dca all fired up f4d8003e9b about enlisting, was 78024d76c9 already sprawled at e3adecf31d the counter, lost 67337f15ed in a game. Worried he might get 774345dbcc called back, Ryu Jeong c62e0412cb hurried out of the 527824e25b store.2e25f257edad949b

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The shantytown, buzzing with 9e66a8898f redevelopment rumors for years, 405b5feaf5 was the only home 026c40049c Ryu Jeong had known c1eec8695c since arriving in Korea. Back then, it was a47592a670 hard to find an 606d092aed empty house among the d492bd0ec2 tightly packed homes. Though everyone 2be0bb8726 lived modestly, 7cfbe5422f laughter filled 01f34947d5 the air—a b785da57ff normal neighborhood.8e36ba6151abffbf

Now, it was just ae4097066a Ryu Jeong and a 79614bc868 few elderly residents. There used to be c2e95edc4b barbershops and laundromats, run 094a765cfa by locals, but as cbcc5ba89e people left, the shops cbfe2c65ab closed one by one. The nearest convenience 9849387c4a was the store 50c24703cf where Ryu Jeong ae5f7a0135 worked, but its c1ea21a696 hilly, stair-filled location 0f0ad37d51 made it tough 2410800e8e for the elderly 821ebf67cd to reach.e7fb238abe2cb565

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So Ryu 99439de553 Jeong often cf8885fd95 ran errands f34edc3e44 for them, 1bb6de500d usually grocery 381ef42b7a shopping. It was no small 05e15d1f5e task—four bus stops to 799d7cb344 the market and back—but 54b03dc383 he did it without bd1138a526 complaint. These neighbors 8f299ec036 were more 1f4db261cb like family 5d4f6e584c than his 78053fc5e9 own father 0eccd0473e ever was.d64189fa5bfd7bfc

“Halmeoni, you there?”1e59a92586bd298b

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No answer came despite c86906ac42 his calls. Hesitating, Ryu Jeong pushed 69da9f6c07 open the gate and 3cf5c5a58a peeked inside. There was 6084fed2d6 the grandmother, abd998215c engrossed in be3aae60cf the TV, 0aca6d9ec0 likely too 87582c6936 hard of 7784c4e589 hearing to 75c23f1819 notice him.dc999d0bf949bc57

Clearing his 0f90906dfa throat loudly, 82d9819236 he stepped 038b7520dc in. Only then did 9f78301c73 she turn, startled.b9468a50666a2213

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“Aigoo, you c80a4140d9 scared me! Just got here?”b988785d84c2702b

“Yeah, a bit 9b8b21de6e late. I’ll put f600b6a4b8 the groceries 9af4b24855 in the a8a4bf6ab4 fridge.”fe885c1531a4114d

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Smiling at her grateful 825e7f3a79 grin, Ryu Jeong strode e2a719faaf to the kitchen. The old 36652191e8 fridge held 4ab9baaf99 little for 665304ee85 its size. She always 27a7e0dcc0 said she cec8f65f60 had no 607ed70866 appetite and 057af5806c couldn’t eat bec5f33876 much, but 740689b7e5 it never dde6a47afd felt good 92d9ea6672 to see.6138a4b8f1f260db

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“What more could 6f1d06131b I need? You change my lightbulbs, 9204e0efdd sweep the yard—you do cb90b4e3dc everything when you come.”b33995b335f16f50

“Still, tell 4cc3f5c205 me if a7e2c8548f you need ee48cd916c anything. I’ll help.”8d2b075d5a38cd26

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Nodding, the grandmother f22b55e075 suddenly clapped her aa1d5c12ee hands and pointed 5d0058e72c outside urgently.f00aa8ad179e7843

“Oh, almost forgot! There’s a bag out 910e73b261 there—take it with you.”e23b47120075ad4a

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Peering out, Ryu fbb5c87a42 Jeong saw a 5a42175231 black plastic bag. It was heavy, ef2cb871da filled with a 52b4712a60 few ripe red 0fc140e844 apples.45529fd16bf818de

“Apples?”0c12982d85c7a90f

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“Yup. The guy upstairs left 3d4236ccc7 them. Tried one—crisp and tasty.”b9d366f6a196de82

“Why not keep cd227488ef them?”6b9d54c11d823496

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“My jaw’s faeeae11ac not falling 4a105a706f out anytime 6bfcb39bb7 soon, is 80af4544a8 it? I ate enough. Take ‘em all.”1f8f95bc2d19932a

He knew 87f304c8f5 she was 03cb9ff402 giving them 90b3325864 to him. He tried to 265afe7e70 refuse, but her 46b109edd7 insistence won out, cc8683c0fa and he took 22f193d119 the bag.47e0bee7cfd6e5d3

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Thanking her 7782e842ed with a 24658f9a68 bow, Ryu e29b132a56 Jeong closed bb3e06231f the open 2f43dbf865 windows carefully 8b02897d38 and left, 7c2be53a22 reminding her d8f8f794ad to lock c55f125d7c up.5fd2a0fb4a276043

Grandma Jeong’s house wasn’t 55e8366324 far from his. Through winding alleys, efa4ed01c1 up rickety stairs, 85be449a93 and down a e4e855a171 narrow, sloped path, cf8e7be461 he reached the bca2920c9b familiar green gate a1a86fe047 he’d recently painted 8c2e088e62 himself.f9738656666f8768

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Checking the f9b1f238d0 time, he 70308936ec confirmed he’d 00f9f11c7d have two 1b86b2cc9e hours to 5b0b006d5a sleep, as f8fc709e83 expected.8f4253f315021dbc

After his d08200ee08 night shift, cb78640bd1 Ryu Jeong d0d3c1d456 caught a 229d3fe054 brief nap 5227327912 before heading 86858bc271 to a 4c347d4a62 chicken rib 22e3072c9b restaurant near 654cc4ff1e the university 1e74dc31c8 for a 7d074c4b27 serving job 9aa9b31931 during the 4bbf9e40b2 lunch rush. By 3:00 p.m., 2549cccc48 he ditched the 759d247102 red apron and d37e16ab7f went straight to d5261dd652 a café across 245ea7932b the street. After five hours ac806f5beb there, he’d return 6861e2f1bc home for a 012e654d73 quick nap before 9d62f95602 his convenience store 3fbadc0997 shift. That was his 13160f3ab4 daily grind.64f5af3b246bb51a

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There was 388de9b2ae a reason d3cff08976 Ryu Jeong b2ae72ac56 scraped by 2cf26d9b83 on so 675f5631f1 little sleep. His father. After years 7f18dc6c91 in the fd5f7f1f69 Philippines, drowning 59034152ea in gambling, 8072c30e02 he returned 1d1ac49cfd to Korea afbc447cc1 and turned 9ba5223c2d to illegal ff93ce22a8 loans.d916135482bff90f

Ryu Jeong, who thought 08f64f84bc his father just drank 3f5142fb97 too much, learned two b2dc0aac4d things the day he e8ed00ade8 graduated middle school: his 6752b7822c father had been hit c7d40100c7 by a car and 0814ca96fd died in the street, 92c0a64d6d and Ryu Jeong had c4fde66e5e to repay all his 332d640f3b debts.856997d684974d3a

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